Harry and Meghan's Royal Visit to Mandela Exhibit

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex explore the life of the late leader as his 100th birthday approaches.

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Published July 17, 2018

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Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, celebrated the 100th anniversary of Nelson Mandela's birth early at a new exhibit dedicated to his life in London's Queen Elizabeth Hall on July 17. The free exhibit, which will run for a month, charts the life of the late, revered South African leader, from anti-apartheid activist to political prisoner to the first democratically elected president of South Africa. Here, a look at Meghan and Harry's visit.

WPA Pool/Getty ImagesThe Duchess chats with Mandela's granddaughter Zamaswazi Dlamini-Mandela during the visit. Nelson Mandela International Day is on July 18, Mandela's birthday. He was born in 1918 and died in 2013, at age 95.

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Neil Mockford/GC ImagesAccording to People, during their visit the also two met close Mandela friend Andrew Mlangeni, who, like Mandela, spent years as a political prisoner in apartheid South Africa, and Thembi Tambo, the South Africa High Commissioner to the U.K.Chris Jackson/Getty ImagesHarry and Meghan, who wore a sleeveless, pale pink trench coat from Canadian label NONIE, arrive at Queen Elizabeth Hall in London.

WPA Pool/Getty ImagesHarry and Meghan, along with Dlamini-Mandela and Lord Peter Hain, the chair of the Nelson Mandela Centenary Committee (left), applaud in front of iconic imagery from February 11, 1990 — the day Mandela was freed after 27 years in prison.WPA Pool/Getty ImagesOf the royal visit to the exhibition, Mandela's old friend Mlangeni said, "Shows somewhere in their hearts they were behind the struggle for freedom."